A short history of Jamie

I was born in Sacramento, and after a comfortable childhood I made the decision to attend San Francisco State University. I entered as a Journalism major and am now double majoring after adding Creative Writing. While in college I only became closer to my parents and continued to go on as many family vacations as possible. While not perfect, life was pretty good. Last summer, while studying abroad in Northern Ireland with a multimedia program, one of my best friends from high school died in an accidental car crash. She was 20 years old. A month and a half later, my mother died suddenly of heart-related issues. She was 53. A little over a week ago, another friend from high school killed herself. She was 22.

I hate that it sounds so melodramatic, so "woe is me." But let's face it, my life has been hard lately. A friend gave me some advice yesterday, to start a journal where I can express my feelings and work through them. That's what this blog will be- my own cathartic experience. Growing up just two hours from San Francisco I was raised a Giants fan, and I bleed orange and black. My dream job is to be the sportswriter for the team, so to get in the groove I've blogged about the team before. This season seems like our time again, time for Giants fans to be proud of more than just one player, be it legendary slugger Barry Bonds or phenomenal pitcher Tim Lincecum, so I thought about dusting off the blog again. Instead, I created this one. Hopefully it will help me turn my life right-side up again, like the organization seems to have done. The team's slogan this season is "It's Magic Inside." I hope they're right.